After years of sky-rocketing rents in California, one thing has disturbingly remained the same: the rent is still too damn high. Recent data shows that the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Oakland metro …
Housing Is A Human Right Creates Website to ‘Drive the Rent Down’
Housing Is A Human Right has created a special website for current tenants and new renters to lower the rent or win other money-saving concessions. At drivetherentdown.com, people can easily inform themselves and learn key …
It’s the First of the Month for California’s 17 Million Renters. Need Help?
It’s the first of the month for California’s 17 million renters. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom and local elected officials have been rolling out tenant protections, but it can get confusing. Luckily, …
Los Angeles City Council Meetings Cancelled, Surprising Activists
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez (pictured above) has cancelled council meetings for the rest of March, surprising activists seeking critical relief measures to help vulnerable residents. Activists are …
Unfair Rents Are Slamming Fresno, Too
If there’s any doubt that middle- and working-class residents all over California need stronger renter protections, one should visit Fresno, and look up Grecia Elenes, the earnest, yet amiable senior policy advocate at the Leadership …
Unfair Rents in California Impact A New Father and His Community
Mike Van Gorder and his wife live in a modest apartment on a quiet, tree-lined street in Glendale, a small city 10 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. They have been married for five years, …